Mondello Park Driving Experiences

Mondello Park runs its own driving experiences on the circuit it owns at Donore, outside Naas in County Kildare, the Republic of Ireland's only FIA licensed race circuit. The headline drives are a Ferrari F430 with 490 bhp, an Audi R8 and a Porsche Cayman S, each sold as warm up laps in a hatchback or saloon and then the supercar itself, with an instructor beside you on the National Circuit.

The rest of the menu is motorsport: a Formula Sheane single seater driven alone against the clock, a Nissan 350Z drift car taught one to one in the paddock, and a Suzuki Swift rally car on a stage of loose surface and tarmac. The Ultimate Track Xperience covers the whole fleet in one day. Teenagers get a race simulator session and the Early Drive road safety programme in a dual control Opel.

The circuit opened in 1968 and also hosts race meetings, track days and festivals. Every driving experience comes with a twelve month membership covering general admission to the events Mondello runs itself.

• The cars: Ferrari F430 (mid engine 4.3 litre V8, 490 bhp), Audi R8 Type 4S (415 bhp), Porsche Cayman S (344 bhp), Formula Sheane single seater (145 bhp, 225 km/h top speed), Nissan 350Z drift car (280 bhp V6, rear wheel drive) and a Suzuki Swift 1.4 rally car (143 bhp). The warm up cars are a Fiat 500 Abarth before the Ferrari, a Volkswagen Golf GTI before the R8 and a race prepared saloon before the Porsche and the single seater.
• You drive every car. A professional instructor, which Mondello describes as working racing drivers, sits beside you in the supercars, the saloon and the rally car, and the drift coaching is one to one. The Formula Sheane is a single seater, so once the saloon laps and the safety laps are done the timed laps are yours alone, with your lap times handed over at the debrief.
• The supercar days all run the same shape: classroom safety briefing, warm up laps learning the racing line, braking points and cornering with the instructor talking you round, then the supercar on the National Circuit, then a debrief and completion certificate. The Adrenaline Supercar Experience puts the Cayman S and the R8 back to back after a Golf GTI session.
• The Drift Experience is coached in the paddock rather than on the circuit: helmet and race suit on, then the handbrake J turn, counter steer control and a 90 degree drift bend, building up to linking throttle, steering and timing. Drift Experience XL is the longer version with more pace and the switch technique added, and Mondello suggests doing the standard one first.
• The Rally Experience starts with the instructor driving you through the stage, then you drive it twice against the clock with notes between the runs and pace notes at the debrief.
• The Ultimate Track Xperience is the whole fleet in one day: Cayman S, R8 and F430 laps, saloon laps, the drift session, the Formula Sheane timed laps and an autotest of handbrake turns and wheelspins against the clock, with tea, coffee, cookies and lunch included. The R8 day includes light refreshments in the Hospitality Suite.
• The Porsche, Adrenaline and Ultimate days include access to the Martin Birrane Collection, the circuit's own collection of cars.
• For teenagers: the Simulator Experience is about 45 minutes on race simulators, with ten minutes of coached practice, a 15 minute hot lap challenge on a model of the National Track with a leaderboard, then 15 minutes of any car on any track. Early Drive Electrified by Opel is a half day road safety programme with at least 20 minutes behind the wheel of a dual control Opel Mokka, a brake reaction test, a classroom session on the licence process and theory test, and a tour of the pit lane, garages, podium and the Birrane collection.

• Prices and laps: Ferrari is three Abarth laps then five F430 laps, €379 midweek or €399 at weekends. R8 is three Golf GTI laps then five R8 laps, €329 or €369. Porsche is three saloon laps then five Cayman S laps, €279 or €299. Formula Race is six saloon laps, two safety laps and ten timed laps in the Formula Sheane, €299 or €349. Drift is about 15 minutes of driving inside a session of roughly two hours, €279 or €299; Drift XL is 30 minutes of driving in a session of about an hour, €329 or €349. Rally is two timed stages, €359, up to an hour, midweek only. Adrenaline Supercar is a Golf GTI session plus three laps each in the Cayman S and R8, €499, midweek only. Ultimate Track Xperience is five laps each in the Cayman S, R8, F430 and saloon plus the drift session and ten timed Formula Sheane laps, €849. Simulator €85, Early Drive €105 with school group rates.
• Booking is through the calendar on each experience page, where dates and remaining spaces show per slot; the terms ask for bookings around two months ahead because demand is high. The office is open Monday to Friday 9:00am to 5:30pm on +353 45 860 200 or hello@mondellopark.ie.
• Age and licence: 18 years of age and a full valid driving licence for every driving experience, with licences from any country accepted. A manual licence is required for the Porsche, Formula, Ferrari, Rally, Drift and Ultimate Track experiences; an automatic licence is accepted for the R8. Anyone of non average height or build is asked to contact the customer team before buying a voucher. The simulator is from 16 years of age with no licence needed, and Early Drive is 13 to 17 years of age with a parent or guardian signing a waiver on the day (they do not need to stay).
• Clothing: trousers and flat shoes or trainers, closed toe, no loose clothing or dangling accessories, and dressed for the weather because the whole day is outdoors apart from the briefing.
• Spectators: two or three friends or family per driver can watch from the designated viewing areas and take photos and video from there; no filming from inside the car while driving.
• Health: pregnancy and back or spinal injuries rule you out. Anyone suspected of being under the influence of alcohol or drugs is refused and the voucher is void with no refund. Mondello can stop an experience at any point if the driving puts people at risk.
• Money and liability: a mandatory €30 accidental collision waiver is built into the price of the Formula, Porsche, Ferrari, R8, Drift, Thrill Seeker and Ultimate Track experiences and covers accidental damage to the car; the insurance excess is included in the price except on Early Drive and the Simulator. There is no personal injury insurance for participants and everyone signs an indemnity and risk awareness document. If the car is damaged the experience ends at that point, and Mondello's liability is capped at the cost of the experience. The fleet can be changed or withdrawn, with customers emailed where possible.
• Changes and cancellation: a no show without 72 hours notice voids the voucher, and arriving late can forfeit it. Mondello can cancel for weather or other unforeseen reasons and may not manage to warn you before you arrive; the terms give an out of hours number to call on the morning of your date to confirm it is running. A full refund is available within 14 days of purchase under the Consumer Rights Act 2022, and not after that.
• Vouchers and membership: gift certificates are valid for 60 months, are non refundable and can be put towards any driving experience, with any balance left on the voucher and any difference paid if the chosen experience costs more. Monetary vouchers run from €50 to €500. The twelve month membership that comes with a driving experience voucher gives free general admission to events Mondello runs itself (ICCR, IRX, Japfest, the Historic Festival, car and bike track days and race days); the code is emailed about two weeks after purchase and is entered at the events checkout. It is not included with Simulator, Early Drive or monetary vouchers.
• Add ons: none are sold, no video, photo, extra lap or passenger packages, so the per person price is the full spend.
• Getting there: Mondello Park is at Donore, outside Naas, west of Dublin, Eircode W91 T957. Mondello puts the drive from Dublin at about 25 minutes.

• Last verified: 18 October 2026
• Official link: https://mondellopark.ie/driving-experiences/